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TennysOn's Lovers Tale.

Edinburgh Scotchman. r. -..5 ..
In few days the literary world will bc
in a f1utter over the publication of "Thc
Lovers Talc,' by Alfred Tcnnyson. This
poem contains about 1900 lines and
was written about fifty years ago. AS
far back as 1888 it was printed for circu-
lation among The authors friends one of
whom the present Lord Houghton, quot
ed from it in 1884 these lines;
#.- Time, ...
Pushed from his chair of regal heritage,
The Present is the vassal of the Past
It was withdrawn from circulation almost
Immediately and has not hitherto found
a place in any authorized edition of the
Laureate's works. 1t is written in that
form of blank verse which Tennyson has
made popular and contains 4 story found
ed upon the fourth novel in the tenth
day of Boccaccio's 'Demcameron." The
story is that of young wife of Bologna
who is buried in trance mistaken for
death. An old suitor determines to have
a last look at the face of his lost lady,
and finding that she Is still warm with
| life conveys her to his mothers house
| where shortly after her child is borne
After short period he invites the w1d-
over and all the friends Of the two hous,
es to great feast, at the conclusion Of
which he presents the "dead wife, and
child to the sswidower husbandn This
scene is described in the. "Golden Sup
per- which forms the sequel Of the
Lovers Tale Some portions follow
the Italian original very closely, but
there are many and characteristic varia
| t1One rl =E.L E.l# lHsE
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LITTLE ELSIE.

Two small white hands, with fingers meekly
folded ..--..o
Upon her quiet breast;
A sweet pale face that seems in marble mold
ed
Is she at rest!
Did she grow weary at her happy play,
And will she wake again ut close of day?
No; little Elsie never more will waken
TO smile or play; .-t
The angels (scarce more purc) have come and
taken
Our pet away;
And yet we think her spirit cannot be
More lovely than this little form we see
On the dear lips tint of rose still fingers,
Reluctant to depart;
And as We press the dimplcd icc-cold fin
In anguish to our heart, ...,..
We cannot find it in our hcsrts to spare
To the dark grave thing so bright and fair
o blind and weak! let us return to Heaven
What was but lent while,
Knowing how soon again she will be e ivcn
Back, with her sunny smile
Back with strange lore within her baby mind,
And knowledge which no sage of earth could
find.
Sleep, darling Elsie in Gods sheltered gar
We lay thce-littlc flower! ..
Lifting once more our weary earthly burden,
Till comes the blessed hour
When Death, the healer, bounteous and mild,
Shall give to us once more our falrest child!
chambers Journal.
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Unpublished Letter of Burns.

Not far from this structure, CarriCk
Hill arises abruptly from the road. and
from its crest wide view is revealed of
the Fifth and its mountain boundaries in
purple haze, ~Allsa Craig out toward the
sea, the town on the bay, and the village
at the foot These scenes Will always
have an interest from their association
with the poet; but his family is on the
verge of extinction. Two maiden ladies
of advanced years, the Misses Begg, are
the only survivors. They live very COM
fortably in a little cottage called the
Bridgesidc, within two mics of the old
kirk, and Hospitality receive visitors who
are interested in the poet, though they
possess few "reminiscences Of him. Gen.
Grant, and Henry NJ. Stanley, the explo-
rer, had been among their recent guests
and through their kindness we were al
lowed to copy the following interesting
and hitherto unpublished letter of Burns
to his brother William:
ISLE, Tuesday evening.
DEAR WILLIAM In my last l recon-
mended that valuable apothegm, Learn
tacitu1nity. 1t is absolutely certain that
nobody can know our thoughts, and yet
from slight observation of mankind one
would not think so. What mischicfs
daily arise from silly garrulity and fool
ish confidence! There is an excellent
Scots saying, that mans mind Is his
kingdom. 1t IS certainly so; but how
few can govern that kingdom with pro-
prietv! The serious mischiefs in bust
ness which this flux of language occasions
do not come Immediately to your situa-
ton; but in another point of v1ew-the
dignity of man-no is the time that will
make or mar. Yours is the time of life
| for LAYING in habits. You cannot avoio
it, though you will choose, and these
habits will stick to your last sand. Al
afterperiods, even at SO little advance a:
nv years it's true that one may still bt
very sharps1ghted to ones habitual fail
ings and weaknesses, but to eradicate
them, is quite different matter. Ac
ouired at first by accident, they byand
bv begin to be, as it were, a necessar.
part Of our existence. have not tim
for more. Whatever you read, whateve
YOU hear, of that strange creature Man
look into the living world about you
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Royalty in Calcutta.

Mr.. Young, of the New York Herald,
in his account of of the visit of Gen. Grant
to Calcutta, says:
The native gentlemen and princes OF
high rank were presented by the Viceroy
10 Gen. Grant. Some OF these names
were the foremost in India. Some were
deposed princes, or descendants Of de-
posed princes. Others were Brahmins of
high caste; some rich bankers and mcr-
chants. The son of King Dude came
with his son. He has an effeminate,
weak face. On his head he wore head
dress shaped like crown, and covered
with gold foil and lace. The King of
Dude lives in Calcutta, on an allowance
of 100000 a year. He does not come
near the Government House, partly be-
cause he is so fat that he cannot move
about except in chair; more probably
because he is kind of state prisoner on
account Of his supposed sympathies with
the mutiny. The old king spends a good
share of his income in buying animals.
He has collection of snakes. and Is fond
of a peculiar kind of pigeon. A pigeon
with blue eye will bring him good for
tune, and if one of his Brahmin priests
tell him that the possession of such a
bird is necessary to his happiness, he
buys it. Recently he paid e1,-
600 for pigeon on the advice of a holy
Brahmin, who it was rumored, had an
interest in the sale. Not long since the
king made purchase of tigers, and was
about to buy new and choice lot, when
the lieutenant governor intcrfered, amp
said his majesty had tigers enough. My
admiration for the kingly Office is so pro-
found that l like it best in its eccentric
aspects, and would have rejsiced to have
seen so original majesty. But his maj
csty is in seclusion with his snakes, his
tigers, his pigeons, his priests and his
women, and sees no one, and we had to
be content with seeing his son. The
prince seemed forlorn with his baublc
crown, his robes and his gems, and hid
behind pillars and in corners of the room
and avoided the general conversation
Another noted prince was the descendant
of Tlppoo Soltan, a full-bloodcd, eager
Moslem prince, with a flowing beard and
character in the lines of his face. This
prince and princess are refugees, and un-
der the protection of the viceregal court
The princess was pretty little lady
with almost European features, and was
the cynosurc of the evening. Mrs. Grant
had quite conversation with her, and was
struck with her vivacity and intelligence
The general converscd with most Of the
natives present-with all, indeed, who
spoke English and informed the vice
roy that he regarded the opportunity Of
meeting them as among the most agreea.
ble and interesting features of his Indian
Journey .s.
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He Paid for the Ducks.

Some three or four years ago, says
western exchange, the conductor of
freight train on the Fort Wayne road, who
was out with his train, saw couple of
fine looking sucks on the river near the
caboose car, and stopping the train for a
few minutes, he got off and shot both of
the birds. He thought this was some
thing to congratulate himself on, and
when he reached his home he invited a.
little party of friends to partake of the
fruit of his prowess. A couple of days
after this the conductor happened to be
stopped at the place where the ducks had
been shot. He got out his gun and
walked down to the river, with the inten-
ton of bagging a couple more, if possible
He had scarcely reached the edge of the
river before man who looked like
farmer, approached him and said :a- aa
care you the man who shot those two
ducks here day before yesterday?'' ss
eyes, that was me" said the sportsman,
rather proudly. .s..-
"Well, those ducks belonged to me.
They wasn't any of your wild ducks but
were tame ones" %
ooh, pshaw!. You can't fool me. /
guess know Wild duck from tame
one" .#...a . zrs5
"Will you pay me for the ducks?' said
the farmer, coolly.
"No sir, I won't. You can't prove the
ducks were not wild ducks" .2 shE
"All right" and the farmer started off
to the nearest village. Gsffs
"Where are you going? What do you
intend to do?" asked the conductor.
''Wcll,' said the farmer quietly, as he
leaned against tree, I'm going t.
squire to make an information against
you for killing wild ducks out of season.
If you insist that them ducks was wild,
it'll cost you IS duck. If you come to
the conclusion that they were tame, it'll
only cost $3.50 duck. Now, whatll
you do?"
The conductor stared at his tormentor,
scratched his head, said something about
ducks generally and these ducks in partic-
ular, and then paid the IS. He does not
carry gun in his car any more.
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What an Old Man Has Noticed.

[ have noticed that all men arc honest {
when we'll watched.
Ihave noticed that purses will hold
pennies as we'll as pound, 8.
have noticed that 81 ks, broadcloth
and jewels are often bought with other
peoples money.
l have noticed that whatever is, is
right, with few exceptions the left eye
and left leg and the left side OF a plum
pudding. ....s
/ have noticed that the prayer of the
selfish man is, "Forgive us our debts"
while he makes everybody that owes him
pay to the utmost farthing.
/ have noticed that he who thinks
every man rogue, is certain to see one
when he shaves himself, and he ought,
in mercy to his neighbor. to surrender
the rascal to justice.
have noticed that money is the fools
|wisdom, the knave's reputation, the poor
mans desire, the covetous mans ambition
and the idol Of them all. s..Htsg 5s4
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CANTON, d. T., THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1879.

rials, the loose brush and sticks being
buried under the snow
'.'God help us, then! groaned my wife
there seems nothing for us but death
Oh, my poor, dear children! May the
good God grant that they be not made Or
phans this night .....
81 bade her take heart and not despair
and then selecting a large tree, whose
lower limbs were broad and thick, but
above the reach of our enemies. ;.S3tliy
assisted her to good foothold, and im-
mcdlately climbed up after her.
ave were not there moment too soon
for scarcely had we got ourselves settled
in a comparatively comfortable position,
when another hungry pack of our enc
mics appeared below us, howling, snar-
ling and fighting their upturned eyes
occasionally glowing fealfully in the
darkness.
s'But we were safe Fl ON their reach and
all that long, dismal night we remained
there listening to the discoruant tones,
and thinking of the dear ones at home
''The night was intensely cold; and in
spite ofall my ctforts to keep my slug
gish blood in circulation, l became so be-
numbed before morning that believe l
should have given up and perished, cx-
cept tor the pleading voice of my wife,
who begged me, for God sake, to hold
out, and not leave her a widow and my
children fatherless.
"Daylight at last; and never was morn
hailed with greater JOY. Our foes now
skunk away, enc by one, and left us to
ourselves; and few minutes after their
disappearance l got down and exercised
myself violently; and having thus
brought back little warmth to my sys-
TEN, assisted my wife to alight, and
we at once started homeward.
81 scarcely need add that we arrived
there in due time, to find our poor, night
long terrified children almost frantic with
JOY at our safe return.
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look to yourself, for the evidences, of the
fact OF the application of the doctrine.
am ever yours,
ROBERT BURNS.
Mr.. WILLIAM BURNS, Sadler, Longtown
-Harper's Magazine for July
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WHERE. OH. WHERE ?

Said Mrs. Baxter to her mate,
"Mv deargwherc shall we rusticate?
At Newport, Long Branch or Cape May;
At Saratoga, Putin Bay,
Or where, my dear, beg you say"
Then Mr. Baxter hcaved a groan,
And answered in a smothered tone,
my dear, we cannot, will not roam
By seaside plash or mountain gloam,-
"We'll rusticatc this year at home"
= Then Mrs. Baxter gave glare
A shrek went out upon the air fs-
a flash, crash, a smash, roar,
\ seething, bubbling flood of gore
And Mr. Baxter was no more
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"Have you brought your trunk?'
"No, sir" .-.r. .. ........-,..r.. .lE.
"Where is it,
otis on the road" @ H.s-
"Have you any cannons in it?'' "
IN no, sir" eE s.a ..
"Lucky for you. If you were caught
here with cannon, or regiment of ar
tlllery, or ton of powder in your trunk,
we would kill you fatally dead"
More Of the quest,oners were as big as
was, and if I had had them at that mo-
ment anywhere outside of West Point, 1
would have spanked all four; but l didn't
feel like it just then.
After I been had yanked about until the
young men appeared to be satisfied, /
was shown to my quarters. AS entered
the room was greeted with another yell,
or rather series Of yells. Each yell rep
resented "plebe'' and each "plebe' rep
resented a different State. There we're
eight in all, and they had become accli-
mated. Here I was again "hazed' but
soon began to show my spurs, and was
made one Of 'em.
Then our troubles began. We had to
be in bed when the o'clock gun fired,
but many and many time have l sat on
the mantlepiece and sang songs that ]
didn't know for the delectation of the old
cadets until long after that hour. When
the officer-of- -the-day knocked we had to
be on our feet with our hands down the
seams of our pants. Scores of times du-
"officer of the day. who "wanteds to see
the menagerie." All sorts of tricks were
PLAYED on us. We would be told that the
Captain wanted to see us, and when We
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The Dallas Times is displeased because the
Texas legislators take the floor in their shirt
sleeves.
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,ziI, ,'E[I &E
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-07
Max Adclerisuh.

Mr. Pullman, of Hatboro doesn't
feel IA much interest in the study of
natural history as he used to. He has
a fine aquarium, and Monday morn
ing he thought he would spend half
nm hour studying the movements Of
the fish ard other animals in It. He
was particularly interested in the ca
pers Of q lai ge pickerel. and he thought
he would peep over the edge of the
tank and see how the fish looked
through the water The nose ef Mr.
Pullman is long and red; aud as it
projected over the water II naturally
attracted the attention of the pickerel
The fish darted toward it swapping at
it. and the next moment Mr. Pullman
was running M staiis with a three
pound pickerel hanging to his nose.
When they knocked II loose (the fish
not the nose) the nose began to swell,
and II Is now IA large as good sized
Bartlett pear. 1t would make splen-
did nose for bait, but although Mr..
Pullman Ia exceedingly fond of fish,
he will probably not use it continual.
ly for that purpose. He has soured on
piscatoria sport,
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Aatitnttnral.
FARM AND GARDEN,
Good LIQUID Manure.

A Boston florist sends the Boston
Journal Of Chemistry the following
formula for liquid manure for flow
ere. The materials may be had at any
blacksmith shop:
Put one bushel Of the clippings from
horses hoof into barrel, and I'll II
up with water. Let 1t stanl 'or a
week, when II IL ready for use. Apply
II with q watering pot. All bedding
plants can be watered with this liquid
every other day II they are not pot
bound. Repotted plants should be
'watered once week until they have
plenty Of working roots TO take up the
manure. II will also be found excel
lent for hard-wooded plants II used
once or twice week. Two or three
weeks after the plants have been wa.
tered with the manure the foliage gen.
orally changes from green TO COL
den yellow, moving from the stem
down to q point ct the leaf which,
however, lasts only Tor few weeks,
when II changes to dark glossy
green. Plants under this watering
grow very strong; the flowers are very
large and bright in color. Plants
thus treated can be kept In very small
pots for q long time without being
transplanted. This Ia especially ad.
vantageous TO the market gardener.
who can sell his plants In three or
fourinch pots, while lie would have
to shit them into five and six inch
II he used rich soil alone. Flowers
watered with this liquid manure will
lriug twenty-five per cent. more than
otherwise; besides being In small pots
they are lighter, can be packed closer
and are easier TO DO banded. The fer.
tlllizer Ia not stlmulant but plant
food, and plants that are watered with
1t, II planted out, will continue grow
Ing and keep In good growth, which
cannot DO said OF guano, as quick In
action, and more lasting,
II will not do the slightest harm to
tho foliage; most other liquid manures
spoil the foliage when they come In
contact with II. II forms no crust on
the pots or soil. II IL cheaper than
any other good fertilizer which is
used In liquid form. The chips need
be renewed or replaced only twice a
year. while the water can be wilh.
drawn every day. When liquid GU
ano Ia used too strong II will cause tho
plants To drop all their leaves. This
liquid will not, even II used once or
twice day for short time.
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A BAD MULE'-A young man from
Allegheny came through town this
week riding one Of the queerest ami.
mails OF the mule kind we have ever
seen. This mule, judging from his
gray head, is about 81 years old very
small, active for one Of his age, aud
true to name, II stubborn az old Satan.
Thtre was even on his ntenance n
look Of fierce desperation.
He brings record unparalleled In
tina history Of mules; he has killed
five neg foes and crippled three others;
when loose In n stable or pasture will
not allow n white man to come near
him ha. jumped every fence In Bed.
ford county, would never work at all,
and cannot be rode except at the rek
OF the riders life. He Ia a trespasser,
n muI dercr. desperate, an inhdel, q
horror to every one, and in short an
Internal mule, Yet, strange TO say.
he has always traded WE'LL Bototourt
Ncws.
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Wallis.

Blue fishing-where you don't catch
anything,
never had q n an TO cum to me for
advice, put before he got thru he had
more advice to offer than TO ask for
Billings.
Mrs. Van Hytone--"You had better
open the blinds in front this morning.
Bridget, and if any one calls, say that
we are coming TO town tomorrow"
At sooial gathering few days since
tho following toast was proposed and
drank: 'In ascending the hill of pros
perity we may never meet friend"
Some causty, rusty, fusty, dusty mus
ty, curmdgeon of man gave the follow
ing toast at celebration: "Our fire en-
gines--rnay be like our old maids--ever
ready, but never wanted"
A person who had obtained q free
railroad pass asked the ticket agent If
he could not embrace his wife. "Prob-
ably" the official answered, "but ! pre-
fer to see her before answering positive
ly."
The Okolona States editor goes on
conquering and to conquer MS n lecturer.
At Freeport, Ill.,, the people turned out
MS one man to hear him. P. S.-The
one man alluded to bought ticket, and
nobody else In town did.-Albany Jour
nal,
A priest asked Of condemned prison
er in Paris jaial "What kind of Il con-
science have you?" at is as good as
new" replied the prisoner, "for have
never used it,"
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A Sketch For PilfnrHrs.

Yesterday fruit dealer on Market
street, says the Louisville Comier-JoW-
nal, incensed by the liberties taken by
the loafers with his wares displayed at
his door. placed half gallon of cayenne
pepper in basket, labelled it "New
Zealand Cherries" and hung it in a
conspicuous place in front of his stand.
In few minutes the next door mer-
chant sauntered up, inquired how trade
was, picked up New Zealand cherry,
placed it in his mouth, and suddenly
left to attend to a customer. The Rev.
DR.. Bowly rounded to, observed that
the yellow fever news from Memphis
was not very encouraging this morning,
and-ah 1t had been years since he had
had New Zealand cherry; whereupon
he ate one, remarked that 1t was superb,
wiped his eyes OH his coat sleeve, re-
marked that it must be getting warmer
in New Zealand every year, wished the
dealer good morning and departed, la
menting the growing weakness of his
eyes in the sunlight.
A chronic deadbeat then came up,
took mouthful of cherries, spluttered
them out, with an imprecation, all over
the fruit, stuffed pear, banana and a
bunch of grapes into his mouth to take
out the taste, informed the dealer that
he would have him prosecuted for keep
ing green fruit, and went down the
street to the pump. A lady with two
children next appeared, stopped to adj
mire the cherries, asked If she mightn't
just taste of them-she never had seen
any before--supplied the childeen and
walked away-walking away with a
fiery face with scorn and anger, while
the children set up II howl that brought
all the people to the doors and windows
and drove all the policemen OIL the
street.
Thus the fun went on all the morning
The fruit dealer never laughed so much
In all his life. The occupants Of the adj
jacent and opposite stores and n shoal
Of small boys soon learned what was up,
and watched and joined in n ringing
roar as each new victim tried the cher
rics. Finally a solemn looking country
man lounged up, inquired the price OF
them ere New Zealand cherries, invest
ed In pint, put one in his mouth, tool;
It out again, gave the fruit dealer q lin
gerlng look of mild reproach, pulled OF
his coat and "waded into" him. When
he left the fruitman with tendencies Ia
practical jokes had blue eye, red nose
purple face, spraned wrist, and sew
eral bushels of fruit scattered around
among the small boys, while the same
ringing roar of laughter was going up
from the lockers on.
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"O'e Virginny Niggrrs" on the
state Debt.


a Ptterhurg (Va dispatch IN the
New York World says; The TErgest
and most exciting nolored Republican
mass meeting that has taken place
here during the present canvas for the
discussion Of The State debt WA held
in the old Harrison street. Baptist
church Friday night. The meeting
was called ut the inst Of j. Iau-
renee Thompson, prominent coiored
politician here, who spoke in favor Of
Mr.. Nc Cullcch's plan. He was fol
lowed by W, G. Ronr, n colured law
yer Of Richmond, and JOSEPH =. Evan
and ]. II. Vanauken, all strong debit
payers. Speeches were also made ly
Richard Townes (col) and J NJ, y.
Stewart (white) IN favor Of Repatriation
The advocates If the Mct ulloch bill
0ft'er,d for adoption, preamble aud
resolu tions pledPiug their ! onor 10
use every effort to maintain 'hc honor
credit and good faith Of tie state OF
Virginia AT this junction great con-
fusion ensued amid which the meet
ing adjourned at one o'clock in the
morning without having acted.