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V V? l-- A.JLll.'. I I " :' j J- vr, AW, : i i. . . ; a Tjt people's ) rxss; red-faced iny rap, woman answered before I could make rny customary inquiry L-lV. & E. T..-BLUM, PUBLISHERS AND TIXI 1 3 XTCRS. she opened on me like a two-edged butcher knife. - , . ' j ' "Well, of nit impudent rascals that ever I see. vou eat the lot ! I want to know if you A Brave Iceland Girl Famine Scenes In India. From the voluminous! contributions to the au tu ulcers ana nenaa oi me uifiie The nisslsslppl Flood. i wuse U wona UMO ina. , The Distribution Committee meets daily at The vacancy caused by the resignation of the tI,e offiee of the Leveo Company, on Caronde-, Rev. P. A. Strobel, District Superintendent let treet, New Orleans, and is in session daily for the American Bible Society, has been filled from 10 A. M. to 3 I. it. This committee has by my transfer from the field of Middle and forwarded to various points in the overflowed i' Ons copy, one year......4 ' ". ", six months , three, months,. CASII, IN, ADVANCE. ...... .....$2 00 .." i oo. : ...... 75 : i ttlttt ilistclhutji. ' k - "-'r - fhe Search fdr ; John Smith. feminine bare-back kiding the parting) kiss London Daily Xacs bj its Tirhoot (India) cor- in the riter. respondent we extract the following : Mr. S. E. Waller started for a trip in Iceland "Visiting the police stations, we found col- in June, 1872. He gives an account of "Six lected around it a number of beggars in a very had the. cheek to pome bacK here again j weeks in the aaaaie, m a mue volume from miserable condition, une lay exienaeaon me Tennessee, to which I was unexpectedly districts rations for one week for ten thousand xoua UKeto sea me inuiuw i lU3l w.iue groUnu,luu.m... called fire yean ago. The many and stron persons. From the demands which reach the pot, and another brass bosom pin to aear a ra- people there, j ine iceianuers are. almost native doctors were caimiy looking on, as were tie, formed Jn new borne, where I had a committee from every quarter, this is a mere mintii wouitin i you convenunujr .i.7u... .k uiuiC?n oje noisoi poucemcu u rjch experience of the Divine goodne and droP in l-e bucket. 1 "-"By no means," said l j "l beg leave io in- a larmer, wno Keeps you lor a aay or two, to no one tooK any nouceo iue meraoiewrelCn. my deTOlion to the important work opened to The committee needs further contributions form you-" ; j accept pay. uur auuior seems 10 nave uone Macdonam . reuei-nouse is no yet nnisnea j rae there dj d not cauie me to fof t . lo incr ee lheif rwourcea to meet lbe ur ent 1 - un, you neeu.n yrg, te u u uu i j uim.u dui uo - - state, where I had spent many years in labors draf" on them for the necessaries of lire Xo beggars! I s'pose you thought I should not amusing. Here we have an instance of native porary hospital, and thither he ordered that of love for the public welfare; and now I re- Pagination can picture the horrors and suffer kndw that black back of yours in Cal.forny? kindness and femine courage. . all the diseased beggars should at once be ta- turn to renew attachments which neither time in'r of the people in many parts of the over- Clear out of my presence or i n lay my oroom- ln the morning i maae a smau study, and Ken, and have lood uisinouiea 10 uiem. ine nor dUtancc weaken, and to devote rav- Cowed region. The relief required U most nana:e over you -i n j mei .y wier n iuiuru. j guou wisue?, we i prosiraie ueggur, wuu ut..v, ,jr gut. u .,elf to that cause which lies at the foundation prying. We can recall.says the New Orleans it's a peddler-especiauy a rascai iiKe you. roue on. au wen wen unui we came to the his legs, ana as ne siooa i never saw a leaner of individual and national prosperity, and Kcaynne. no incklent in tle hUtory of thecoun i "Allow me to enquire, sam j, ii air. uonn river MarKanjot, wnicn happened to be very mortal with Hie in him.; lie couia noi waiK ; in which I can co-operate with all races and 7 o! such deflation and iomovcrUhment of omiui s .wiie WIW.JU.VMUUH, jijiuc,!-. ... mucuuuwn. ui ..mu8 m neuipi w iwim oui wim moaning uw uuiucu uiuug, nuuwjr classes, and with every branch of the Church Peat a number of our people. Proportion daughter of my lather s y under the circumstances, we rode on down the tendering him a supporting arm. A mort l ef Jesus Christ. God will bless and honor ed to total population the misery equals that ank lor some miles, ana ionunateiy found a time after wo visited tne place xo wnicn iney those and only tbose who v 0 n- rf cf the recent famine in India, wkich h excit- house. . . - , had been tiv n Tor wo were lull or mis-iving? And it ia through the Minutry of this Wonl ed so large a sympathy and attractt4 such Knock at the door, we asked "Is the river that the rr. had not Wn prompt. In a alone that society is to be improved, good gov- splendid evidences of the beaevolenoe acd very deep r "Very," said a voice from the straw shed we found the unfortunates squatted ernment secured, and the wilderness and sol- generosity of the British Governraeat and inside. j , ; -N-e?-the ground, all save the man of whom I Jury place made glad. . T 1 people. "Is there a man who will show us a ford 7" have spoken, who had sunk down and seemed we asked again. ! . I in the extremi, while the native doctor calm The broomstick was lifted, I heard it cut the air like a minie bHet, and sprang down the steps into the street,! at my best pace. An anirry man I do not fear, but who can stand before an angry woman? i. I would rath er face a roaring; lion. j I called on two more Mr. Smith's still un successful in -my"! search. It was getting near John Smith married my father's g.eat un cle's eldest daughter. Melinda Byrne. Conse- 'jauently I was a relative to John.' ! John s family had often visited at our quiet country horne, and at each visit had most cor dially pressed us to return the; compliment. l Last October, business called roe suddenly to the city of B , where oar relatives re sided, and without having time to write or ap prise them of. my coming, I was- intending a Visit to the family of Mr. John Smith., j With my accustomed carelessness, I had left jiis precise address at home in my note-book, but 1 thought little of it. I could easily find nim, I thought to myself, as the cars set me down amid the smoke and bustle of . l 1 inquired for my relative of the first hack- ran I came across. He looked at me with an ill-suppressed grin. What was the fellow laughing at? To be sure iny clothes Were not of the very latest cut, and, it is not iust the thing' for any one of the army jjto wear blue with bright buttons ; but my coat I was gently jmshed toward the doorJf a wa whole, and my aunt Betsey had scoured shadowy apartmentj and at the entrance 1 was the buttons with whiting j and soft soap until announced : VMr. Henry." they ihone like gold. I repeated my question with dignity. "Can you'direct me to the residence of Mr John Smith ?M i i 'Mr. S-m-i-th ?" he said slowly. ' Yes, sir, Mr. John Smith, lie married my father's great uncle's eldest daughter, Melin da." H j '.' ' -V "I don't think:! know a John Smith with a wife MelintLv." ! 7 , John Smith seemed .to be a common noun with him, from the peculiar tone he used in Sppaking of that individual. 01i !" I j remarked, "then there is more than one of that name in the citv ?" "I rather think there is." 'Very well, then, direct me to the nearest.'' '"The nearest is in West street, second left hand corner you will see the name on the door." !'. j . - - " . . '' .j . I passed on, congratulating myself on the cor dial welcome I should receive from John and Melin'la! I soon reached the place a handsome house is evidentlj with the name ari a silver door-plate; 1 rang Mr. Smith' Ko," was die repl v, "both John and Oliver I ly stood outside the door enjoying the evening idark, and I was more than anxious to reach are up ;n the mountains, but one of the girls air. "Has anything boon done to get food for my destination. ; will doo as well. Here, Thora, go and show them?1' I aked. "Nothing." Bv order.-of My next Mr. Smith was located in Lenox the Englishman the way." j Vt i n,y companion the police inspector handad a street. It was twilight when I rang the bell at Immediately an exceedingly handsome rupee to the native doctor and bade him at hisfoor. ;l young woman ran out, and nodding kindly to once send into the bazar for food. The native A smiling fellow admitted me, fairly forcing me, went around to the back of the house, doctor calmly did so, and then, strolling up to me into the hall, before I could utter a word, caught a pony, put a bridle on it, and not tak- the living skeleton, gave him a push and told "Walk right in, sir, they are expecting you I ini the trouble to fetch a saddle, vaulted on I him it would be all right by and by. his bare back, and titting astride, drove her j "The food came at once, a species of parched heels into his s-ides and gallopped ofl'down the pulse which required to be cooked. This was river bank as hard as she could go, shouting distributed, and among the recipients was for us to follow. " the living skeleton. This is to say as he lay We became naturally rather excited at such" moaning a couple .handsfulls were emptied out display of dash on the part of such a pretty on the corner of his ragged cloth, and general gil l, and started off immediately in chase. But j satisfaction appeared to reign at this achieve- though we did our utmost to catch her, she in- ment. Why they might as well put a reaping The ladies will be down in a moment. Miss Hattie is in the back parlor, j Walk right in, sir. j The gas was not lighted, and the apartment was in semi-darkness. I heard a soft, quick footfall on the carpet, and a pair of the sweet est lips in thei world touched mine ; and, good gracious for a moment the" world swam ; and I felt as if I had been stewed in honey, and idistilled into Lubaii's best tripple. extract of roses. ; v . :' j : j i ''OIk Henry ---mv; dearest and best! Whv I", . t i . don't you kiss me, Henry?" cried a voice like 'music." ''Have rou j ceased to care for me ?' and again the kiss was repeated. h i i i . - i Who could; resist the temptation? I am nat urally a diffident man, but I have some human 'nature in me, and I paid her principal and in ! teres ti .j j" " i "Oh," Henry, 1 had 60 feared that being in the army had made you cold hearted good against the chair as ' That department of this Ministry over which j The New Orleans Tune says : I am now placed U common ground to all de- The extent of the damage which has result- nominations; and I, therefore, confidently np- I ed from the great overflow is just Vegiania te peal to all who lovo the Lord Jesus Christ and I be fully understood. That it was vast was the supremacy of His revealed Truth, and to readily conceived, but that.it should involve- every one who would promote the public wel- J five millions of acres, and a population of 178,- faro to unite heartily with me in efforts to I 000 was apparently beyond reasonable calcula- deepen and widen tho interest in that adaiin- I tion, but such is really the case. Ia the cot- istrative system which is the chief inst rumen- j ton regions it is now ascertained that nine of talityof the Church for the publication and j the largest and richest parishes producing cot- dUsemination of the written Aord. t I ton hava. been inundated. The parishes of The American Bible Society, fostered and K'arroll 'Morehouse, Richmond,- Madison, watched over as its Agent by f the Church in Frauklin, Tensas, Cornwell, Conooriia. and America, has hitherto- proved faithful to ita Catahoula are all overflowed, and embrace ful- great Mission, has been tnost abundant in u.e- 1 two ntl a Laf million acres. The amount rui labors, ana is now engagea in operai ions ot I l -ullwu '" Jiiuc i kiiui mi immense extent and imporUnce : and I can- tivation is ascertained to be a quarter of a rail- not but hope that it representative in this good old Stato will continue to meet with a cordial reception from every class, and that the Auxiliary Societies which cover the whole heavensl one leli lacK 'pale as death1. Thei servant had lit the gas, and T stood revealed. "I beg your, pardon, marm.'' said I: ''there tly some mistake. x May I inquire if s wife was Melinda Byrne, the eld- theliell ai servant appeared. "Mr. Smith in ?" - I '"No, hir Mr. Smith isjin the army." . "Mr. Smith is she TV!' j 'In the ir'my ? oh. no she is at th beach." . '-This is Mr. John Smith's house,; It it?" 'It is." ! ' j ' "Was his wife's "name Melinda. a n.d wa she a Bvrne before she was. married, from Squash viiie?" '-'I ! ' . . Tho man reddened and responded angrily. "I'll not stand here to be inulted ! Make off with yourself, or I'll call, the-police. I thousht that you was an entry thief, but you don't r lay that game on me 1" and he banged the door "n my face. . i la thief! If I had not been in such a hurry to find Smith, T should have-given that fellow a sound chastising-on the spot. Inquiry, elicited the -fact that a John Smith i resided in Arch street. Thither I bent my steps. Ajmaid servant answered myring. -.. I "MK Smith in ?" Before the lady could rejily. a big." red faced man jumped out of the shadows behind the est daughter of my father's great uncle?" created her distance hand over hand. There hook into his hand and b.ido him co find his was no doubt about it ; she had as much cour-1 food in the fields. He painfully raised him us ever we could boast of. and. in loint of I self on his elbow, looked with rlmsv eve ot horsemanship, was a hundred yards ahead of the stuff, tried in vain to masticate a pinch of territol7 wi bo supported by the com either of us. 1 . it, and then sunk back with a -roan of despair. munuies in wnicu luT Rre . For about half a mile we rattled along, when Native functionaries looked calmly on. It II is m7 desire, the Lord willing, to viIt ev- suddenly she pulled up short on a sand bank. I seemed; to me that it was not well liossible that I erX Part f State but in the mean time,' "You can cross here," she said, "but you the man's life could be saved, yet it was not the evcs of the Superintendent should ret must be careful. Make straight for that rock pleasant to me that he should be allowed to I continuously on the whole field in ono view ; right over there, and when you have reached I die without even an effort to avert tho fate I onJ therefore he should be able lo look and it, you will be able to see the caiin of stones It was with some passion that I demanded operate through others, and to regard all local we built to show the landing place." I cooked food should at once be sought, offer- officers and agents or tho B;ble System as his "All right,"; I said. "Goodbye." ing to pay the price of it. The people around- I assistants, and himself as one of a united She looked puzzled for a moment, and then stared and then began to stir themselves, band. The responsibilities and trials of my said: "I'll come through with you ;, it will be I Presently a man came, running with some j P9,t:on nre very great and I deeply feel the safer." . cooked rice, moutened with oil, on a plantain ,,eei1 of sympathy and aid oir the part of eve- 'Good gracious 1 Bnjaini; don't let her j leaf. We raised up the sufferer, and let him come," I said "the is snre to be drowned, and I see and smell the food j The skinny arm fee- I can't get her out with alrjlhese wet clothes bly went out towards it. Ho gathered some on ; tell her to go wick." But before I was half through the sentence, she had urged her horse into the water, an in a moment'was twenty yards into th'ff'rive' Of course I followed quick as possible, and, in his fingers and put it in his mouth. The first mouthful ;came nigh Choking him, and I thought he was going to die in our hands with food in his mouth, but he made good the swal low, and went on eating. The food perccpti- ry one who loves the Bible Cause; and I would respectfully call upon the oflicers of Auxiliary Societies, and upon all others who are able to' offer suggestions or to furnish in formation important! to my mission, to put themselves in communication! with me and to .co-operatoin unceasing efforts to supply our f G.nI. people with the Word o and to extend The red flush came to thn young lady's after a great deal of splashing, reached the bly revived him. He licked tho leaf after he 1'! nitI to tho American Bible Society in it cheek, she was handsome as a picture and she middle of the flood. "Now," the said, bring- had eaten the rice off it, and then picked up replied with courtesy "She was not, ing her horse up abreast with mine, and point ing with, her whip, "there's the mark."- The water was running level with the horses" with ers, and it was only by lifting their heads very high they could keep their noses clear. "Good bye," she said, "God bless you," and V.f r. -r . - i- i Allow me to introduce my- Jtluro luuc aware lt 8" kisscu mo on me cuck. I was about to return the compliment, but she was gone, and a few minutes after we saw her, a mere speck in the distance,-galloping over the plain. i Kissing in Iceland is a custom similar to shaking hands here. I had thought of it in ordinary situations, but a kiss in the midst of boundles waters was, to say the least of it, strange. It was certainly the wettest one I ever had in my life. You will I hope, excuse me for the blunder I have committed ? We are ex pecting my brother ;IIenry from the army, and your blue clothes deceived me.' "For which I shall always wear blue," 1 re plied gallartly.r self I am Henry Parkwell,-of Squashville," and in maUjngniyj bow I stumbled over an ottoman, and tell smash into a china closet, demolishing at least a dozen plates and as many tumblers; j r i I sprang! to iny feet, seized my bag, and without a word dashed out of the house. ' .- t .f . I knocked over a man who was passing at the moment, and landed myself on my . head in the gutter. jThe man picked himself up and was about to make a display of muscle, when the glare of Xhe street lamp reveal ed to mo the well-known face of my. John Smith. "Eureka !" cried l. "Allow me to inquire if the single grains that had fallen as he ate. I quite lost my tempcrjwhen I saw the native doctor looking down on his efforts as if they were an experiment of jWhich ho was an ama teur spectator. He got his drink, and then lay down, his chance of life, although still ex tremely precarious, materially improved. Meanwhile, the other unfortunates had gone away to cook their food, and they will starve no more." i vast tend glorious work at home and abroad. For tho present, my address is Greensboro, N. C, and due notice will be given of any change. ! j j C. II. WILEY, rUt. Supt. for American Biblo Society in N. C. April 24, 1874. 'f I lionarcs, besides 100,000 acres iu corn. These estimate include only the large laces, leav ing out hundreds of small farmers and all es. . t"::;rxtes for cattle, hogs and gardens. The cj :!tion of these nine parishes is 20,294 whites and S4.CC3 black, according to the eea- kUsoflSTO. In the sugarpnJucing parishes, ascertained facts discover an equal, if not a greater, amount of ruin and suffering. These parishes are Pointe Coupee, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Bouge, Iberville, Acension, As- , sumption, St. John the Baptist, I-a Tourche, Saint James, St. Charles, Terrebonne and Pla quemines. The ovctflow in these Parishes covers nearly two and a half million acres, till ed and untitled, including a production of thirty thousand hogshead of sugar, besides a largo product of rice, and the crops of small farmers, of whom many hundreds have lct their stock and pretty much everything elo they possess. The population of these parih es, according to the census of 1S70, was 50 r 36S whites and 72,212 blacks, making a total of 122,600, from which must be deducted tho population of Fut B-ilon Rouge, as only a small portion of that partah has suffered from" the overflow That deduction Wing . made, the parihes contain a population of "J3,C3. In all the parishes named it is believed that more than 25,000 persons are now in actual suffering tor necessary supplies of life, and in less than sixty days, the'numbcr of thoe whoso circumstances will require alleviation will in crease to more than 53,000 persons. door, and. laid his heavy hand on my shoul-t I your wife's name wasMelinda, the eldest daiigh ter of my father's great uncle Byrne ?" "She was," said be, grasping my hand, "and I am delighted to see you ! But, confound it ! you needn't come at a fellow so 1" But I must cut my story short. der. ; ,.j j -. - ;-. ; "Yes, sir." he cried, in a voice of thunder.! "Mr. Smith is in. He staved at home all day on purpose to catch you, and now, by Ju piteryl'll have my reven-rel" 1 "Sir." said I, there must be some mistake: Allow me to inquire if , you are Mr. John Smith?" . . . ! "I'll inform you about Mr. John Smith in a way that you won't relish, if you don't settle damages forthwith.' Five thousand dollars is the very lowest figure and you must leave the , country !" j . I criedl "What do you take me for ? You'd better be careful or you'll get your head cavec in?" I - j . '.' J. f "I'll cave your head in for you, you young villain, you I" cried he springing at me with his cane. ."'....'. . . j "Oh, John, dear JphrTi" exclaimed a shrill female voice, anclra tall figure in a sea of floun ces bounded down the stairway. . "Don't don't for the love of heaven don't murder him." "Whom do you take me for?" cried I; my temper rising. "It looks well for you to ask that question !" sneered the man, "you have won my wife's heart, and are here now to plan to elope with her.! I've found it all out; you needn't blush. and'. r,; , . ' j "I beg your.. pardon for interrupting you.' aaid I, 'bat I have never, seen your wife be fore, I perceive that she U not Melinda, the eldest daughter of my father's great uncle " "Sir1, do you deny that you are William Jones ? ;Do you deny that you are in love with my wife?" p "I am. not Jones, I have not that honor sir My name is Park Well, Henry Park well, o Squashville," and, with a bow, took m'vself off. After that I called at the residence of 3 John Smiths, none of them waa my Mr. Smith, and nothing' occurred worthy of note. j My next Mr. Smith .resided in Portland tret f7hither-.Ii J&yy steps." -It was a very, small house, evidently not the house of wealth and cleanliness. I made my way, up to the f ron t door through a wilderness of rags, v broken crockery,, old tin-ware, etc., scattering a flock of hens an4 rousing a snappish little . terrier trom his nap on the steps. What a Han Eats In a Life-time. Let no boy be disheartened by the following calculation, but remember that untiring indus try will enable him to come out victor in the end. Say that the boy is ten years old and is taken up into a high mountain, or a respecta ble hill, perhaps, will do as well, and shown The Subjects of; Queen Victoria. According to the imperial census of the British Dominions, taken in 1S71, the Queen rule over 2.14,762,59.1 souls; her people dwell in 44,145,651 houses ; tho area of lands which they inhabit is 7,760,449 square miles. Her dominions nre in Europe, North America, Central America, and the. West Indies; in Africa, in the Indian seas, in Australasia, and in Asia. Less than 40,000,000 of the Queen's subjects nre Christians; thero aro 35,000.000 Mahommedans, 98,000,000 Hindoos, more than 2,000,000 Buddists, and 53,000,000 heathens of all kinds. To count the people in England Taking a NeVspaper. i '( i A mechanic tells an interesting story of how he was induced to take a newspaper, and what came of it as follows : ! t Ten years ago I livid iu a town in Indians. Un returning home one nicht for 1 ani a car penter by trade I saw a little girl leave my door, and I aked my, wife who she was. She MExrnts, Ttss , April 23. Noan. Th ri - cr is stationary, but forty miles wide, Thera t no change in the condition of the railroad. All former reports of th flood and sufferings arc more thai confirmed. The Memphis Apptal says : It is stated that Lake Village and one-fifth of the county of Chicot, Arkansas, are wholly. and Wales on the 3rd day of April 1S71, it took u wm be all I can do to meet it." said Mrs. Harris had sent after their riewspa- submerged. Cattle, horses, wild animals and per which my wife had borrowed. As we sat even barn jard Towls, are all destroyed, and down to tea, mjr wife said tojne : i. -I the people suffer for the commonest nece- VI wish you 'would ! subscribe for tho news- ne of life. It is estimated that fire roiiuon paper; it is so much comfort to me when you j acres oi cotton iana wui noi oe cummin oc are away from home." j I cause of this diasrous flood, and that the cot- "I would like to do so," - said I, "but you I tori crop of next year will be lessened pcrhp know I owe a payment on the house and lot. a million bales. Planters from the lowlands state that there are thirty thousand farn) a He took me home with him and 1 had a good visit ;r I say Melinda to my heart's con tent. Nay more I met and was properly in troduced to Hattie Smith and well I am having a new suit of clothes made and in doe I subscribed for the rvaners it came in due I nar their rassaca to this citr. A planter whose . w - - - 4 J . - " Thirty-nine out 1 - a a r - 1 iae to the shop. While reading one noon, estate was worth, not long ago, sixty thousand ages or an(j lookineover it I saw an advertisement of I dollars, came penniless on a steamer to Mem. TliA "rrrtf!nnal l.t.. n . . . .? . I .. . ji r 1 iue count v commissioners 10 icl a oriuffa mat 1 rnis. lie nau exncnaeu cTervtninx ia iur- tun wiiritiiiK iLri ri, iih will nava wf nAntnm a ... . . . . ... hold hlivp. q T 66 CCn5US lAkerS' 8UrPcrvid -iy re- She replied, "If you take this paper, I will borers in absolute want-all seeking exit from should he live an average hre-time. Surround- utrator and fi6 Minorintendent Th work r X . -i . .. I .... j 1 -. j v . -a -if 1. !,. t or. istraiors ana oo superintenaenw. iue worK scw for the tailor to pay for it." submersed districts and multitudes unableto . .v .ww v w 1 -q nnno in iinifin niiur i n riv.nniA aiii i nr i i , .. then 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, 50 pigs, of every 100 mn between tho ages of 25 and ti 1,200 chickensr3000 turkeys, 23 pigeons, 140 30 and 1,242,000 women between the ages of pounds salmon, rzj iounds other nsh, 30,000 15 anj 2l were unmarried oysters, 5,443 pounds vegetables, 243 pounds butter. 24.000 eess. 51 ton hri . ' ;n 1 ..... 1 col - yuure o. ume win oe married, myseil in them, ion, tftllIinii oofo- UH to the youug lady just alluded to. r.la of -w.t.mMf.. nnA uw ti o nr. e .l. uc"b: "".u' "r'1 u .. ire my house andlot easily and for the new.pa- waters. Thesupe HOW Alexander H. Stephens Started cook of the.. London Reform ClVia hi. Wok. 7;i nZ?:':.:" "r V l n '" the newpa- haawarawn; money ,romc,rci.on.na I I I I In Life. - "The Modern Housewife "as the amount - i . - i i,jw,wu; uruisn uonuuras ana uuiana uave When Stephens was maids, attracted by . I class." in Encland comprises C80.000 nersona 1 1 v.. v...:t. t . : v-1 r .u . l: j I r j . . .a t,'.n i,u.a . ,UUO gal- the domestic classes'' 5.137.000 nntl ther j v. t.v i L , . . I t i.t... i..f.. . - - . , i - - ' - i uuvi iuo juu wu Rwaroeu to me, on wnicu i I anu neipirs, uc iri iuruj uc m w-m otiruit, bar- W(.re 7,500,000 children; 77,000 souls inhabit cleared $1,500, which enableU me to' pay for as best they could, in the ijrfdst of a sea cf non or cusines oy pan as . 1 "- oaern ll ousewtf e " as the amount con- 1,000,000; British Honduras and tSuiana have ras a boy, two sisters, old sum y each individual in alife time, and 217,000 souls. In Africa there are 1.813,450 f his brightness, adopted, 7rLTatmv Of ' in ih I"'S-Oreat BriUln own, ned him for the chin t'l'fZ : Tt Mauritius, with 330,460; West Australia, educated, and destined him for the : church, varied, but what is taken off from one kind the contract, and could not have met my pay ment on the house and lot. A mechanic nev er loses anything by taking a paper. with 24,785 ; South Australia, 189,000; Victo- I Ullf a font U . P U ..1 ..1 X " 1 . ..1 n.1 ..""""r'-T. IMW,W1C con U1U." w auaeu lo oniooiner. ine ooy may with 731,528 ; Queenstown, with 120 104 vmcedthe young student that the profession enousiy apprenena mat his jaws and stom- Tasmania, with 99,32,'and New Zealand with had no attraction for him, and he announced "f . 6 . 6 re U na aiRPosea ol 293,893 souls. In India there aro twelve prov- 10,5 va" quanuiy or lood, Out he will take :ncea containing 191 V7 MO ,,U A Young nan Works as a Factory Girl. Even beore the overflow there was unexam pled want in the jfl'lil of these-rich estates, and now thf white people tba remain in their desolated homes are pale with anxiety, or be cause so long exposed to the action ot this hu mid atmosphere. to his benefactors his intention of exchanging courage when he casts his eye over the sleek The following facts 'have come to light at Little Fall: j Uut a short time .go, a very prepossessing whose parents reside at Newark, N and intelligent girl, as was supposed, applied Victixs to Ron Jcari5C -Katie Martin rent 1 ,v rm j , - -. - . r c for and secured a situation in one of th knit- roo three hundrel time, in succession, and Opium Care A caso of opium cure lately reported by an ting mills, under tho namo br Bertha Rollins. next morning wa found dead in bed. ai t it o ' 1. t. I uie puipu. ror tne oar. onoruy alter he was form of one in middle life who has well nigh admitted to his new profo ssion, a lawsuit arose accomplished his task without showing the ..: .1 1 I lo cf i rm -f Anino. r 1 r 1: 1 . a ? 1 . I- w . . .-. ..v..Hgiuoruio ui iu. pungersmer, me " w nny man una uigiwu journal, is inieresiing as snowing tne She wa. quite reticent in her-deportment, A similar fatal accident, the result of ex oriier navmg in tne meanwhile died, lie ask- .puseu o. ma auoimenr, ana is apparently power or uncgination in hygienic effect. A though of an apparently agreeable disposition. i,austion from the playful exercise of jampin ed her to let him ! manage the case for ter, ready for another 40b of equal magnitude, and young lady who found herself entirely under Several young men of tho village had become rorKf occurred some Ume since in South Wash o..c, .c..u. . ...cAtM.-i.r,,, Fre.errea ---- - - " umu me cnu me coniroi 01 opium, appuea xo a physician smitten or Bertha, and, when she announced in-ton. the victim beini a rirl nine year, of iuumdc lor tome i omer tawver. ai ioai Ana vl wrote to her whom she approved, 'and having asked the advice of her - friends she confided for hypodemic inj'ections of morphia. He her intention of quitting I the village, the named Marr A. Shurue. She had. with The latest style of weddinz cards have tho coramenced wilh the morphia and water as re- young men grew melancholy. But Bertha left. some companions, been indulging la the sport ages of the contracting parties engraved in one ""4 rw. lw-n le morpi.ta uauy, She went to UUego and thcro procured a UliV abote namKl, and, in her ambition to excell corner. We think there are some few persons m rhrt Ue h!. U8,ns onl Pure ftlion in a factory, but her manner, at onco the rtt, fdl to the sidewalk, congestion of the who might seriously object to th'u fashion. . irr A"er "cn Pr'icauon sue would sleep created suspicion and it wa. found, alter a uinz in. t just aaunder tho ie of morphia. This course carefully prepared plai, that Bertha Rollin. Ko denunciation is so eloquent as the silent . t'u WUH", ounn wnic" enry Wallace, ox uroomyn, 1 ., wuo A dutiful Udy was ki.-ing and ca renin g influence of a good example. topic, were freely given to strengthen the had been playing -girl" for a year or two past h. au'tiful little la p-do-: "Ah-Mariah l" " system. As soon as it was safe he announced very .uccessfullv, having for .everal month. xclA;mej bcr forpih adaiirer, "why not grant i . ...... .. I th nlan ha h mA miMiiiH k U .... t ' i v i- t i i t J I aii Tnsn 1 a tini .1 i.i. . 1 r 1 .... Mv 1 m v iter Krrsfc luriiriHS i nTi in m. .pw i nric rnnrpn m nnn pmn hthi i . . - . : w my . 1. , . 1 ' . - i j . 1 .... ...v. mu lauib nuu lucir memory 1 . " ... 1 - . ,. i.iTOr vou r wsiins un f wui j ' T r ' : WkD'"CU8 put lew accuse their judgment . mv nurautr 01 opium arunKrrus in a. a waiting gin. vt.ii.ee said he assumed had played on; herwaa, under the oircumstan- ' this country, especially among professional the role of a girl bec.use hj o doing he could .r," 7U,7' 01 n" lee no re Ha who labors for mankind, without a caro men 18 8ld 10 bo 4mbly on the increase, get employment, and in male attire he could Ttairi nliaf. ska linn c non f rn 1. 1 o I . . . ... . I rt- . f .i . .. . I - , : . " -1 --v.t.u.,, lor himself, has already begun hi. immorUlity. " OQien looi ox nrsi social rank, are among not usvoiane.. sad, too, to think the victim. Uont expect to be called a good fellow a are usually found among the intellectual at moment longer than you consent to do precier least the most emotional and sensitive natures. the matter to him. The contest was warm, vexatious and 'long; but she came outo tri umphantly of what had been regarded as a hopeless snarl, that she doubled her counsel's modest fee. The intercourse between the two had been by letter exclusively, she living in the country, he in a distant city,; so that the don't kb every "puppy," replied the Touting fair one. ins success in so delicate a piece of business wa. a, fine beginning for a young lawyer. Satannah Advertiser. ly what other people wish you to do . A Oreek maiden being asked what fortune ha would bring her husband, replied in the When a man wants, money or assistance. the wprld as a rule, is very obliging and indul- other vegetables ? Because they have eyes to fi gem, nnu leis mm want it. I see what thev are doin. 0 - f "Sallv." said a. Mevr Ln iM h l, A I folio Win ff beautiful lan ruape. MI will brinr I . - - - -" " O I .Vfc . 1 V O O - O Why Should potatoes crow better than anv I V..,V i-h r- mi .. I bim what nM MnnM -ma. . f j I ..., ..vkMiTn, ii UU4 111 O Uf TUU i Ml III C On I - w . .. vuav v v Mil- When a Cincinnati mm g'M up to a bar to drink, and is akcd what he will have, he says 'Give me some headache and a family fight,' and the bar tender knows just which bott'e to hand down. re." "Ho danger of that," replied the girl, "poued tirtue without a stain, which is all "you are too green to burn." 1 descended to me from my parents. Si'e.:c is of different ditferent ra.-aning. k"nJ, an I Ireathc
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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May 7, 1874, edition 1
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