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Va. | Ouaucock, Va. STEELY & QUTNBY, A T T 0 R N E Y S-A T-L A W, ACCOMAC C. H-. VA., iractice in the Courts on the Eastern ?h?re of Va. L'rniiipt attention given ' ? tlie collection of claims. L. FLOYD NOCK, 1TTOE N KY-AT-L AW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Accomack C. EL, Va., rill practice in all courts of Acenmac md Northamption comities. Prompt .tteiltioil to all business. JOHN W. KD.MONDS, AT T O R N B Y-AT - L A W, Accomac C. EL, Va. n. j. w. legato, A T T O K N E Y - A T ? LAW. ! Postoflice SAVAGEV1 U.E. ?Will resume the practice of his profes-; [ion in the Counties of Accomack and t N'OUTHAMl'TON. _ rUDGE GEO. t. GARRISON, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W, Accomack C. II.. Va. TTas resumed the active practice of lis profession and solicits the patron lge of his friends. Ottice?opposite the irivate entrance of the U addy Hotel. j '_: DR. LEWIS J. 11A R M A N SON, ?Dkxtist.? Office?Market St.. near Baptist church, Oxaxcock, Accomack county, Va. L. W. CHBLDREY, Ge.neral Insurance Agent, norfolk, VA. t3S*All communications promptly at? tended to. G. H. Bagwefi, Civil Engineer and Surveyor. Ouaucock, Va. Will attend to surveying and di? viding lands in Accomac aud Northampton conn ties. BLACKSTONE & BELL, Accomack C. II., Va., DRUGGISTS A full line OF FANCY ARTICLES, DRLTGS, OILS, PAINTS, SHEDS, &C, &C., &C, AC., kept on hand for sale at iowest prices. INSURANCE The undersigned, in the interest of the VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE and VIRGINIA FIRE AND MA LINE Insurance Companies, will make frequent visits to Accomack and will he glad to have the patron? age of those desiring their risks carried by good companies. All communications promptly attended to. Respectfully, G. G. SAVAGE, Agent, Eastville, or Shady Side, North? ampton county, Va. Billheads. letterheads, statements, envelopes, handbills, &C. Neatly printed at this office by a Grot class artist?uo amateur work. Manufacturers i f CEDAR ISLAND, Accomac County, Virginia, Wish to call the attention or the farm ere of Accomac and Northampton counties to their different grades of Pure Fish Guano, all of which they are prepared to supply those wishing a first class fertilizer. They have established a depository C list is* Wharf. Poweltoii, where farm? ers maypUrcliase in qualities I? suit. Prices until further reciee, as follows Drv..^HOO) Two-thirds drv 20 (X [?.CAS FI. Green. 13.0 i) For further particulars, call on or ad? dress E. B. FINNEY, Agent, LOCUSTMOUXT, Accomac countv, Ya. Sewing Machine STANDS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS In Quality and Simplicity. It lias no Rival ,lo put it down, but It Stands Bold at toe Front. Having sold over 400 in 18S1, 1SS2 and 1SS3, shows that the People of Accomac Appreciate Its Merits. T can sed yon other machines for less price. Singer pattern, drop leaf and two | drawers, for $25 00; Wilson, Uomestic. Howe and any other pattern. Will sell i the Royal St. John, drop leaf and six (f?) drawers, for S8P.00, hut I cannot, put i TTSJ? l&f8JSTE with these inferior 6 Ib? fv ill I ? machines, sis to the ]>rice. Having sold machines for nearly fourteen years, gives me a chance to know something of the tricks which others practice on those who are not I posted in machinery. If Yon Want a Root! Sewimr Macliiiie | come and see me. or write to me. and I ', WILL SELL YOU ANY MACHINE Hf ??-te^^T|irWHITE but none so good as ? Bit aw III S bi Also.alarge stock of FURNITURE, MATTBESSES. &e., on hand. Repair? ing of Furniture. Pictures Framed, or anvthing else in our line promptly at? tended to. (JOFFFNS, CASKETS and TRIMMINGS for sale. Respectfully. &c.. E. 11. PENNEWELL, ON an cook, Va. ?J ^ 3? rrf<? B OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. It gives us pleasure to announce that we have completed arrange? ments direct with a Large Carpet Manufacturer in New York, by which we can show a very large assortment of Carpets selected with the greatest care from a Stock of Several HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, Thereby saving our customers the wholesale dealers or job? bers intermediate profits. It in eludes the most beautiful de signs of Velvets, Brussels and Ingrains, as well as all the less expensive grades of Carpets. "We show yon this immense stock through a new and very practi? cal invention, called Croft & Petersou's "PATENTED CARPET EXHIBITOR" So constructed that we can ex? hibit a very huge number of sum I pies within 5 minutes, and show a j continuous floor covered from each sample of half a yard, j As we are relieved from any loss i by remnants or depreciation in val | ne of stock by old unsalable pat terns and do not require any extra floor room or investment of capital, we can afford to send for and sell you Carpets AT LOWER PRICES j than the same qualities are even i sold for in New York or elsewhere. We can always show you the newest designs as soon as they ap? pear. ??Carpets cut to fit the room, also made up if desired." Very respectfully vonrs, O. J. LUCAS, Dealer In General Merchandise, Modestown, Va. Browne, Jacob 4 Co., dealers in REAL ESTATE, ACCOMAC C. H., VA. Fruit and Trucking lands, improved and unimprovi d of B0, Iltf, 225. 340 and ! GW acres eligibly located on the line of I the N. Y., P. &N. R. R , NOW for sale ? cht ap. ; Also, four sea-side farms with oysters, : fish and wild fowl priviliges unsur j passed on easy terms. I And town lots for business men atthe ! new stations on the railroad constantly : on hand at reasonable rales. Send for. circular. SUPERIOR Cedar Island Guano. The cheapest fertilizer on tlio market according to results ascer? tained by the fanner and chemist. ANALYSIS. Du. W J. Gascoyxe, Chemist. per cent Moisture (let. fit 100c.10.26 Soluble Phosphoric Acid. 2.17 Reverted Phosphoric Acid. <>.4is Available Phosphoric Acid . .*>.<!?"> Insoluble Phosphoric Acid. 2.-1-5 Nitrogen. 4.82 ?\MM ON IA. 5.86 Potash. 3.05 CEDAR ISLAND GUANO is a complete manure, containingall the elements of good plant food, and in proper proportions, to sustain veg? etation through the entire period of its growth, and brings crops to their full maturity. It has been found especially good on peas, po ta toes and onions, und bus given equal satisfaction on corn and j grass. It is fully up to the standard j of last year, and is registered in Virginia. It is now ready forde-! livery. ORRIS A. BROWNE, Accomac C IL, Va. Cut. O. A. Buownk-Dear Sir:? I used half a ton of your "Cedar Island (Juano'* last year on Corn and can say that it doubled my crop in corn and fod? der, and my neighbors and all others who passed the field can testify to it. It was on very poor land. I think it paid me well?would like to use two or three tons this year. Very Truly Yours. George S, Mapp. Bobtown, January, 20,1SS3, I used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet potatoes, and I am perfectly well satis lied with the result. I also used it on Onions and other vegetables with the best result W. J. Fosquc. Sturgis V.O. Mr. Browne:?I tried vour Cedar Is? land Guanolast Spring on Sweet Pota? toes, alongside of other fertilizers, and think it nearly doubled in yield of any i other used. In fact, if I had not used it j at all, my potatoes would not have been worth digging. John J. Ward, Iladlock, January, 20, 1SS?. Cait. O. A. Browse:?Dear Sir: fused half a bag of your Cedar Island Guano last year on Sweet Potatoes, and can truly say it excels any fertilizer I ever used. If I had used it more exten? sively I am confident it would have doubled my crop, Will try it again next season. ?IL C. JobtlSOU, Willis'Wharf, January, 29,1SS5, I used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet and Irish P'tatoes and Corn. On the Irish it was fully equal to Peruvian Guano; and better than any other fertil? izers- On the Sweets and Corn it was equal to any fertilizer I have ever used. Accomac C II. Va. Thos. Beasley, I used Cedar Island Guano on Irish Potatoes, next to Peruvian guano, there was no difference in the yield of either. 1 am of the opinion that with time Ce? dar Island will yield more. I also put Ron Sweet Potatoes, and the results were satisfactory, its yield was one third more than where 1 put no guano. Drummondtown, "Win. W. Coxton. I used Cedar Island Guano on Peas by the side of Peruvian Guano, your guano excelled the Peruvian by far, and on Irish Potatoes my experience is they grow longer and yield more; I mean by growing longer, that the vines do not fcive up.so early and outyield the Peru? vian. I also applied it to Corn, only about a handful to every three or four hills with very good results. A. T. James, Locustvi'lle, December, 19, 1SS4. I used your guano last yearside Peru vian guano and other commercial man? ures, on Irish and Sweet Potatoes, the Cedar Island was equal to any. 1 prefer it. for the quality is up to any, and it costs less money. W. R. Bunting. Folly Creek, ne.ir Drummondtown, Jan? uary, 9,1SS5. I used one-half ton of Cedar Island Guano on Irish Potatoes side by side with Peruvian guano that cost SCO per ton of 5.000 pounds and other commer? cial fertilizers, that on which Cedar Is? land was used was better than Peruvian, and there was no comparison with the other fertilizers. Of course, the long drought and bugs prevented a full crop from maturing. F. C. Parkes. Matomkin, P. O. 1 used Cedar Island Guano on Irish Potatoes with Peruvian Guano, and I believe it to be equal to the Peruvian, I also used it on Sweets; and the result was excellent, I am going to use it again. E. M. Savage. Bells Neck. October, 9, 1SS4 I used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet and Irish Potatoes with other fertiliz? ers, and on Sweets I had better results than any other, and fully as good on Irish. I am going to use it a^ain next vear E. W. Kellaui. Sturgis, October, 9, 18S4. I used the Cedar Island Guano on Irish Potatoes notwihstanding the drouth I realized at rate of 40 barrels from one barrel of seed by the use of 3000 pounds of guano per barrel of seed. I think it the cheapest and best fertilizer in the market. 1 shall continue to use it in the future. Edwin T, Purks. Lecmont, Va., October, 23, 1SS4, I used your Guano last spring on Irish potatoes side by side with Peruvian Guano and yours excelled it by onethi'd and was green while the others dried al? most out. from the long drought. Modestown. G. J. Northum. I used your guano last year by the side of Peruvian guano, the season was bad, the Peruvian started first but the Cedar Island was fully equal in yield; and fron my observation would have sur? passed it had it been seasonable. W. T. Duncan. Matomkin, P, O. I used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet potatoes, at the rate of 200 pounds per acre, and believe it to be fully up to anything I have used. Will use it again. Sturgis P. O. J. C. Fosquc, 1 used Cedar Island Guano on Sweets by the side of other fertilizers, and found it equal to apy, F. S. Smith. Willowdale, October, 0, ist4. TRUE I.OVE ? AX SEVER I>IE. Tho form itiuy loso its nnitvo grace, And ago will illin iho eye; The cheofc limy l?so tho huo or health. Hui luve enn never <llo. Ho r.lumgo Hint Time's unsparing hand Hay mark on form and face Ciui touch thu hoiirt. Love's Imago there Yours novcr can eflhec. Through weal or woe this love will slilue. Nor faltor In its truth; Ilntrls thus unlto I heiitnB ono Through a perennial youth, A<l rorally will aim provo The lnvo that's lasting, truo; No freak of Fortiuio weakens?'twill Uni streiigthou 11 anew. Oh, never will such love ns this Know chango or adverse falo, llut hrlghtor grow with passing years, Until at Death's 'lark gate The parting comes, by Ills docree? Though evou then tho sky Will ho Illumed; for Heaven will provo Thai lovo can never die, THE TWO AUNTS. "fl'm! Il'm! Upon my word! Just what might have boon expect? ed! Selfish! Heartless! Cruel!" Not all at once, as written down, but popping out at brief intervals, sharply and suddenly as pistol shots, the above ejaculations fell j from the lips of Airs. Carpenter Wainwright, as she sat beside an open-grate fire, reading a letter, A lengthy letter, too, closely written upon lour large pages of paper.? Alter she folded if, she said more sharply than ever: '?W ell, thank goodness tier moth? er is no relation of mine!'' There fell a profound silence upon the room after this last re? mark. Evidently the news, what? ever it was, about the woman who was no relation of hers, touched Mrs. Wainwiiglit deeply. Her brow was clouded, and, as she mused, angry dashes sprang more than once into her huge, dark eyes. Upon all sides oi lier were evidences of wealth, and her own dress, though a morning negligee, was costly and in exquisite Laste. She was not young?past seventy -yet she carried her tall figure erectly still, and her eyes were brilliant as those of youth. While she sat in profound thought there was a tap upon the door, fol? lowed by the entrance of a young girl, just touching eighteen, with a fair, sweet face, lighted by eyes as dark as Mrs. Wainwright's own. "Aunt Cora," she said, brightly, '?shall I read 10 you now.'" The old lady looked into the sweet face with a keen glance, as if .questioning herself somewhat! about the girl, then she said **ab-' ruptly: "I have a letter from Mrs. Pope;'; this morning." "Willi news from Mill Village?" the girl asked, a look of pleasure on her face. '?You are very fond of Mill Vil? lage?" ??No; I like the city much better. Still, there are some people in Mill Village 1 am fond of," '?Theoda West?" The girl hesitated; then, lifting her bright eyes, she said, frankly: "I love Aunt Mary, but 1 don't think that I am very fond of The oda. Slie is very handsome, very accomplished, and too fond of pa? tronizing me." "Ah!" "You see, she has been pupil teacher at the seminary, and learned all the extra branches to teach again." "While you were making dress? es?" "Yes. Aunt Mary let me choose, and I knew I could make a living at dress making, while scholars were doubtful, so near the semi? nary." "Your Aunt Mary was very kind to you?" "Very! She rook me when poor mamma died, teil years ago. Slie could not give me luxury and pleas ure as you have done in the last year, but nhc never made any dif? ference between Theoda and my? self." "ITm! yes. She is your mother's sister. 1 am your father's. She gave you a share in the house of care and poverty. I have taken you to this one, and will not forget you in my will." The girl's face flushed uuder the sarcastic emphasis of the words. "I never weighed one obligation against the other, Aunt Cora," she said, quietly; ''jou have been very, very kind to me." "Your Aunt Mary is an invalid, too?' "She is in consumption. We have, feared every winter would be the last." ??li'm! Well, my news is that your loving cousin, Theoda, has eloped with the German teacher of the seminary who has taken a sit? uation in Philadelphia." The fair face grew deathly pale, and an expression of positive hor? ror looked out from the soft, dark eyes. There was a pause of sileuce that was paiutul. Then Esteile Ma? son spoke in a choked voice: "I must go to Aunt Mary." "Go to her! Nonsense, child.? What claim has she on youf" "The claim of gratitude." "But what can you do? You have no money." "I can work." "Have I no claim?" "Only second to hers. You have been very good to me. But you have so many relatives that would be glad to come and fill my place. You are strong and well, with mou ey for every comfort. She is feeble, sick and poor. Oh, how could Theoda desert hei? How could she?" "Do you know who this Germao teacher, James Kent, is?" "No." "He is my husband's nephew.? Not mine; bnt all my wealth (tame from my husband, and James Rout, knowing me to be a just woman, expects a handsome legacy when I die. Probably when he told Theof ds he would be a rich man some day, he did not fell the name of the aunt who had the money to leave." '"I never saw him. He came to the seminary after I came here." "Exactly! He displeased me! I do not keep people near me who displease me." Again that cutting emphasis of tone. Estcllc <lid not answer, and Mrs. Wainwriglit spoke again. "I expect, therefore, that yon will abandon this romantic scheme of returning to Mill Village. There are asylums where your aunt can. bo received." "Not while I can work for her," E* teile said very firmly. g"Mrs. Pope writes that she will probably sell her cottage and live upon the price in some such place. A hospital, probably." "Poor Aunt Mary. You will let me go to her?" 4iI do not pretend to control your movements," was the reply, in a cold voice. "When 1 tooK- you from a life of poverty and toil, to take your place here us my niece and heiress, I expected to have a loving, grateful companion. Since I have been mistaken, you can leave me whenever you desire it.? Only 1 wish it understood I hat you choose between vonr Aunt Mary and myself, finally." Estelle's eyes were full of fears, but she controlled her voice, by a strong effort, to say: "1 am not ungrateful. Aunt Cora, though .1 never considered myself, your heiress. I thank you from my heart, and if you were poor and sick you would not find me un? grateful. But my duty seems so clear to me that 1 cannot hesitate. Even at the price of your displeas? ure, I must go. "But," she added, timidly, hope you will forgive me." "Oh, I shall not quarrel with you, child. You may go, certainly. Only do not llatter yourself with the idea that you can return here when you tire of your sentimental duties.? There, go to your own room, and give me your decision at dinner.? Not a -word now." So dismissed, Esfelle went slowly to the room where every adorn? ment spoke of her aunt's care for her. She was young and had en? dured poverty for many years, so it was not. without some bitter (ears f?r herself that she faced the situa? tion. She fully appreciated the dif feivnce between Mrs.Wuiuw right's heiress, and a dressmaker toiling for the support of two women; be Dween the pel ted child of this home of luxury, with servants to obey every wish, and the drudge of a little cottage with an almost help? less invalid to care for. Yet she never faltered. And when Mrs. Wainwriglit saw the pale, resolute lace at dinner, she knew that she must lose one who was very dear to her. Not for the first time, she regretted her own residence abroad for fourteen years, when she might have been winning Estelle's love, as this in? valid aunt had done. "I see," she said, when the si lent, almost an tasted meal was over, "you still cling to your idea of duty. Go then. Take with you whatever I have given you, for I want no re minders of your ungrateful deser? tion. 1 had rather spare myself the pain of any parting scene. John shall drive you to the depot in the morning, and this will pay your traveling expenses, and help you uutii you obtain work." She placed a note for a hundred dollars in Estelle's hand as she spoke, and turned coldly from her. But the girl, now sobbing couvul sively, caught her hand and kissed it warmly. "Do not think me ungrateful," she said, her tears falling fast: "it breaks my heart to offend you. Please kiss me, and give me a iov ing word before I go.\ "There, child, never make a scene Good-by;" and' she did kiss the pleading, upturned face. "May 1 write to you?" "Just as you please. I shall uot expect it." Aud keeping her cold, impassive face, Mrs. Waiorigbt went to her owu room, bolted the door, and came out no more until Estelle had taken her departure the next day. It was a room most unlike that in which Mrs. Wain right had taken leave of Estelle, that the youug girl entered late in the afternoon of the following day. The little cottage where Mrs. West wept for her un? natural child's desertion had but lour rooms, all counted, and these were furnished very simply. In one of these, stooping over a sewing ma chine, stopping often to cough, au elderly lady, in plain mourning gar? ments, was seated when Estelle came in. Every trace of agitation was carefully driven from her face, as,.with a tender smile, she said: "Aunt Mary, you will say wel? come home to me!'' "Estelle!" That was all, but tVe joy of the tone was too warm to be hidden. "You are glad to see me," Estelle said, brightly. j f'GIad, child! glad! My own lov? ing little girl. I have missed you sorely, Estclie. But,"she said, sud? denly, "you have not quarreled with 3our Aunt Cora?" "We beam yon were alone,"Es? telle said, evasively, "so 1 got per? mission to make you a long visit. Aunt Cora gave me a hundred dol? lars for housekeeping." "Alone!" the mother said piteous ly. "Theoda lias gone, Estelle. My child, whom I neverdenied any ]>leasiire in my power to grant! Oh, Estelle, it will kill me!" And looking into (he deep, sunk? en eyes, the hollow cheeks, Estelle knew her aunt spoke truly. The little remnant of life in the com suinptive frame was surely to ho shortened by the cruelty of her own child. lint by every loving device the self-sacrificing girl strove to keep t!ie feeble flame of life still burning. She let it be known in the village that she was anxious to obtain work as a dressmaker, and soon i fcutid employment. Some curios- 1 ity was expressed at this sudden : return from the "rich aunt" who I had taken her away a year before, ? but Estelle only told the simple truth, that one aunt, needed her, -rwhile-the other did not.' Work^,' none too well paid, came' to the little cottage, and the house? hold duties were shared while Mrs. ' West could keep about. It was in November that Estelle came to her, ; and before February she was tin- ? able to leave her bed. The duties 1 then of nursing and still keeping I up her engagements for dressmak ing, pressed very hardly upon Es- 1 teile, but she never faltered. Day 1 after day the invalid was tenderly 1 comforted, and yet the busy click 1 of the sewing machine was heard ( far into the night. ( There was kindness shown by the : village:people that bellied in this ' labor of love. Some came to sit up j at night, when the invalid required i watching. Many a dainty dish,',' sent to tempt Mrs. West's appetite, : proved a suficient meal for both.|i One neighbor sent a cart-load of ' lire-wood, one a barrel of apples, and there' was never wanting a kindly word of sympathy. So the y dreary whiter wore away, and to 1 the surprise of all, Mrs. West lived j through the hitter March weather. How tenderly she was guarded and j nursed in that trying month none I; kilo* but herself; but as the warm ; spring days came she brightened visibly. Theoda wrote occasionally, seemingly glad that Estelle bad come to take the post she had ; so heartlessly abandomcd. In one of her letters she wrote: "My husband bids me tell Estelle it is well, perhaps, that she did not ; build any strong hope upon Mrs. Wainwright's capricious adoption of her, as he will certainly inherit his uncle's money." Estelle made no comment upon the message, but in hi i heart won? dered if the money could be ever put to any good use in hands so selfish asTheoda'sor her husbaud's. It seemed a bad precedent for any noble action, this desertion of a dying parent. Summer stole away, every day lessening the invalid's strength.and j winter loomed up threateningly in the future. All of Mrs. Wainwright's gift was gone, and poorly paid, of ten interrupted sewing, was but a slender provision for cold and sick? ness. Yet the wasted face, grow- i ing paler every day, pleaded silcnt ly lor many comforts, and Estelle, { spurred by the sight, wrote to ; Aunt Cora. It was one of the many 1 long letters, but the first that ask? ed for aid. Estelle wrote: The doctor tells me Aunt Mary cannot live many weeks longer, and she requires almost incessant care, having frequent distressing spells of bleeding and suffocation. 1 lind I cannot supply the comforts she needs; so I turu to you, not to beg, but to borrow. Will you lend me a hundred dollars, ami I will faithfully work till it is paid, wheu Aunt Mary no longer needs my time? There was the usual curt reply. to this letter, but the loan was sent with a brief intimation thatl the promised paymeut was expect-1 ed. Early in November the end came, j gently and painlessly, the dying breath speiit in a blessing for the ; faithful nurse. Never once had Mrs. West sus peeled that her niece was forbid deu to return to the luxurious home she had quitted for her sake, so she bad made no disposition of the little property in her power to will away?the cottage and gardeu around it. It seemed to Estelle, \ouug and ignorant of business, only a matter of course r.hat she should continue to live and work in the cottage where she had nursed her aunt's last moments. But Theoda, who came to the funeral, informed ber she would put the place into the hands of a lawyer for sale, and she must look for a boarding-place in the village. Bewildered,weary with watching sorrowing sincerely for her dead, Estelle turned from the words, is? sued almost insultingly, with a sick faltering of her true heart. "A letter, Miss Estelle," said one of the village boys, tapping at the i low window. "I was passing the j post-office, and brought it." "Come and work out your debt I to uie here. Cora Wainwright." j It was a temporary home, at ? least, and the desolategirl prompt? ly obeyed. Iu the November twi? light, as they had parted, these two met again. The stern, cold woman, who bad so harshly put the choice of duties before the warmhearted girl, was waiting wheu she entered timidly. "So you have come back," she said, looking at the pale face and drooping eyes. "To pay my debt," was the gen? tle reply. "Pay it here!" And Estelle lound herself infold? ed ill an embrace so warm that the tears sprang to her eyes. "Here on my heart!" said .Mrs. Wainwriglit, "craving such love as you give, tender, true, self'-sacri Being little Estelle! I tried yon sorely, child, ouly to find vou! We will not part again, Estelle. till the grave cl >scs over another old aunt." And when that hour came, com? forted by Estelle's love, Airs. Wain wrig'ii's will was found to leave nil her property to her"beIoved niece Estelie Mason." Oranges On The Street. When I threw up the curtain that first morning in Jacksonville, Hid looked out in the park in front if the hotel, and saw green trees ot ill kinds, orange trees filled with ripe, yellow fruit, shade trees out ode the walks with oranges on, and adies with parasols, I began to ;ook around for the South pole. It was an enchanting sigh t to a man right-fresh from a sleigh ride,..and [ got into a couple oTpants pretty [piiclc, and went out to just wallow in all this verdure. I wanted to go iiid roll in the grass. I went down stairs without waiting for any ilevator, rushed through the office, forgetting all about breakfast, and Hegau to walk about, the park and the town. The orange.; didn't look ; ?ight to me. I couldn't see how :hey could grow there in the street ?ight within reach of every little larkey in town, without being stol? en. In the north the sourest crab ipple that ever broke a man's jaw, >r puckered up a pretty mouth, ivould not be safe a moment, asex tosetl as those oranges were, and 1 j?uld not believe that boys in the south were more honest than boys n the north. Then I got to think ug, and made up my mind that ;he oranges were tied on the trees ivith pieces of wiie, and were in ten? ted to deceive uorthern people. I bought it was a mean deception, iml 1 made up my mind to expose t to the woild. I asked a colored nun if there was any objection to i man picking an orange, and he said he reckoned not, so I reached tp and got hold of one and picked it. I looked for the wire or string, hut it was actually a growing or uige, and I had more faith in Flor? ida than ever. I shall always be ieve that the colored man smiled when he saw me take our, my knife ind cut a piece out of that orange. Any way, he turned Iiis back when L started the piece of orange to? wards my mouth. Many of the ii-aders will remember my mouth, is it was when I live.I in the north. It was pretty decent sort of a mouth j to stub around with. A plain, every - ilny sort of hole, with teeth and tongue and lips, before I took that piece of orange in. Ye gods! The orange, was as much sourer than vinegar as vinegar is sourer than lioney. And bitter! Aloes, and rhubarb, and quinine combined, would be molasses beside that or inge. My lips curl up and draw wound under my left ear, my teeth liecame loose and rattled around ike dice in a dice box, and my ton? gue clove to the roof of my mouth, line eye opened so wide that the iye-ball looked like the face of a six shilling bull's eye watch, and the ither eye closed spasmodically and ivinked so a colored nurse girl who thought I was winking at her got ap oil'a bench and hauled the baby wagon away, while the baby cried is though a pin was sticking in it, nn account of the expression on my face. 1 reached around to my pis? tol pocket for a handkerchief to cov it my face until I could unscrew my mouth and get it back in front of me, and the colored man thought I was going to draw a pistol, aud he started off on a run. Well, if I had ii picture of my luce when I took a mouthful ot that orange, they could sell them by the thousand in dime museums as the wild man of Borneo. And that is the reason oranges are sale growing in the streets.? From the Milwaukee Sun. Green Clover as Manure. The fine humus in virgin soil when once lost or destroyed by cul? tivation is not easily restored. The amount of vegetable matter in a good dressing of barnyard manure makes only a small percentage of the cultivated soil on an acre. De peuding ou this alone it is not pos? sible for lariners to till their laud every year and prevent it from compacting too much. Even market gardeners, who use fifty to sixty loads of manure per acre, find an advantage in occasionally seeding with clover and plowing under a green crop. It lightens the toil as nothing else will. For most farm? ers the vegetable matter in the roots and tops of the grass or other herbage turned under is the most important resource in maintaining fertility.?With this a fanner cau improve his land by the use of a much smaller amount ofstablc man lire than the market gardener finds absolutely necessary. On the 30th of last January, the Sisters ol the most noted Catholic ladies seminary in theUuited States the famous Notre Dame, at Go vans town, near Baltimore, Md., made public a card.certifying to the bene ficial results attending the use of Bed Star Cough Cure in that in? stitution. They state that they found it efficacious alike for reliev? ing coughs, oppression on the chest and irritation of the throat. Olfi cials of the Boards of Health of Brooklyn, Baltimore, and other cities have likewise publicly pro? claimed the virtues of this new dis? covery, which is entirely free from opiates, poisons, and other objec? tions. Enterprise only ?1 a year. The Law of Warranties. A warranty is an agreement that a thing lo be sohl is of a certain qualify or goodness. If this is not true the seller must pay what tlie buyer loses by the bargain. A warranty made after the bargain is finished is not binding. It, how? ever will be good if it is paid for. Ordinary warrants are made in terms like these: UI guarantee that this horse is not lame;" or, I warraut that this watch will keep good time; again: "You may de? pend upon it, that cloth is all wool." When goods are so warranted, the seller must pay damages if they are not all that he says they are. A mere expression of opinion, or judgment is uo warranty. If, for example, the seller of a dog says he thinks he is a good, safe animal, there is no warranty that the dog will not bite. Simply praising the goods one sells.-is no warranty.?. The law allows" a mau to have a good opinion of his own property and the buyer must be on his guard against "dealers' lake." This law is founded on the old rule of caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). It often happens when trade.? are made that .written agreements, called "bills of sale," are made so that the buyer may have some? thing to show his right to what be has bought. A written descrip? tion of the goods in the bi!l of sale is a warranty that they are equal to the description. If the bill of sale does not contain any, a word of mouth guaranty is good for noth? ing. Warranties do not apply to a de? fect which cau be plainly seen, un? less the seller warrants the thing sold to be free from that defect.? Suppose a horse with only one eye is warranted sound. This warranty would not cover the lost eye if the buyer has seen the horse tor he must have known it when be bought the horse. Some warranties are inferred by law. When a man sells goods there is always a warranty that he owns and has a right to sell them. This warranty is made, though nothing is said about it. Also, when goods are sold by a sample there is a warranty that the whole is equal in quality to the sample shown. In this case, the law says that there was an agree? ment between the seller and tho buyer that the sample should rep-1 resent all the goods sold. Manufacturers also warrant that their products are merchantable.? This rule., however, is applied to cases in which the buyer selects his goods, or has a good chance to examine them before be makes a bargain. When goods are bought for a special purpose, and the seller knows of it. he is supposed to war? rant them suitable for that use.? For example, the buyer says: "I wish to purchase a good brush to use in grooming my horse." The brush sohl to him is warranted to be good tor stable use. The law also infers that dealers in meat and other articles of food warrant that what tbey sell is wholesome though nothing is said about it at the time of the sale. There are some exceptions to this rule. Auctioneers and sheriffs do not warrant that they own what they sell. The law will not infer this warranty, for everybody knows that they sell the property of oth? ers. When the seller says that be is noc sure that he owns the prop? erty, there is no warranty. Under these circumstances the buyer takes his chances, aud must stand his loss if there is any. The seller of a promissory note, however, warrants that the signa? tures on the note are real, aud that the maker of the note is bound by it. If it is a forgery, or if the ma? ker is a minor, the seller may be sued on the warranty. There is no warranty in any ease if the seller refuses to make one.? The law never infers a warranty if one has not actually been made either orally or in writing.?Youth's Companion. lie Experimented. He was bashful wooer, but there was a certain manliness about him which indicated that he only need? ed a little encouragement to let him self out. She saw this and she re? solved ou a policy of encourage? ment. "Do you believe these stories in the funny papers," she asked, "about the willingness of young ladies to be kisstuli!'' "I?I really can't say," he re? plied. "They may be true." Then gathering courage, he added: "[ hope they axe true," and he drew closer to her. "It seems to me," she said, "that there is only one way in which a young man can discover whether they are true or not." "And what way is that!" he ask? ed There was a brief pause. Then, with a far away' look in her eyes, she answered: "By experimenting when he has an opportunity." He experimented. Through The 31111. A bale of cotton that has been pressed looks like?well, you have seen a girl go into a parlor of an evening to meet her lover, and no? ticed that she was looking real well, if you have seen the same girl at two a. m., standard time, as she let the squeezingmachine out of doors, as the old man was standing at the head of the stairs in his stocking feet, you can form something of an idea of the appearance of a bale of cotton that has been through the mill.?X'eck'a Suu.