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begins to think, “how different are the surroundings here, and at home!” Homefolk and home scenes flash into his mind—and, how lovely they seem! The old oak in the back-yard, the spring branch where he has so often built little mills and gathered flowers with his ruddy-cheeked sisters, the bleating flock, the lowing herd, the evening fireside,and a thousand other things : he has loved from his earliest child- : hood—all are in his vision; and he sighs, that he has left them and, come off, only to have his Sunday hat kicked from his head, to be made to dance, to speak, to sing, to crow, to stand on his head, and to play the fool generally, just to please a crowd of mischevious boys. For he must do all this at the bid- i ding of the boys, or take the con sequences, which are several hun dred “straps with the bed-slat.” But, soon the “hazing” ordeal is over and the boy sees that it is simply an introduction to the bovs and college life. Little, by little, the boy “catches on to the run of things,” and with in a month or so is as happy as a lark. He enjoys a freedom from carb that was never pictured, even in his most fanciful air-castles. His father furnishing him with money the college officials directing in everything he does, he is left to see to nothing himself, and has only to fall in with the tide and float through his a. b. degree. No matter where or what the wind blows, the boy is happy. All that surrounds him, incul cates the motto, “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof,” and it is soon insensibly adopted by the boy. In his bright lexicography there is written no such word as “lifework,” and he is so true to his motto that no such strange word ever will be written there. Do I not be astonished then, if that bright boy tells you that he doesn’t 1 know what he will follow in life, i or if he ever says, “I have about | come to the conclusion that I shall be a failure.” Again, true to his motto, the col- i lege boy is apt to engage in butter-' fly-catching, leap-frog, cat-paddle,, foot-ball, cane-stealing, “twistifica-I tion,” “many, many stars,” and a thousand other things that chance ' to cross his path. So, Pa, don’t i you and Ma wonder or be alarmed , if that pious boy learns to set dead-1 falls, or play cards, or drink beer,' or smoke cigars, or love the girls, or say Sunday-school words, or go to theatres, or be a dude, or go to hops, or all these, if not a thousand more. He could not do otherwise. When his present /motto fades away, at the approach of the un timely close of his college days, ■ THE ZX/EOZbTOOEIOinD. the word life-work will take its 1 place, and “all is well that ends well.” Pa, you will think all is ending well when that boy begins to display his knowledge of Phy sics, Phthisics, Schyssics, Philolo gy, Dudology, Psychology, and a dozen or more other “ologies” and “ysics,” while the whole communi ty is dumb-founded and Ma is laughing in her sleeve. Moreover, you will then know that the reason your son got to, writing such short, cold, unsympa- : thetic letters is, that he was so busy with his studies that he did not actually have the time to write how much he loved home, nor i how addicted he was to getting homesick, nor how he longed for vacation to come, that he might be with his cherished mother and i darling sisters. At last the unwelcome close of college days is come, and the boy with a childish grief bids adieu to the happiest season of his life and ' is ready for the journey of life. But while these college days have been as pleasant as possible, they have in no less degree been profitable. The dim diamond picked up away off in the secluded back woods, has been in the polisher’s hands, and in proportion was the diamond-stuff in it, “its bound to shine.” Though some part was made in the polishing pro cess, it was necessary, in order that a useful jewel might be produced. Test the diamond now, as much as you please, for it is from a lapidary where those only are allowed to work, who are pre-eminent for their, skill and ability. Watch the boy. If colleges are a fraud, he will not be a boot black. Little Joe. gHDLMES’ SURE CURES MOUTH WASH and DENTIFRICE Cures Bleeding Gums, Ulcers. Sore Mouth, Sore Throat, Cleanses the Teeth and Purifies the Breath; used and recommended by leading dentists. Pre pared by Das. J. P. & W. R. Holmes, Dentists, Macon, Ga. For Sale by all druggists and dentist*. & B. BARFIELD, DENTIST, 90* Mulberry St., Jviaoon, - G-eorgia. CANE MILLS * SYRUP KETTLES, Evaporator, Copper, Steam Boilers and Engines, Saw Mills, Corn Mills. Machinery of all kinds made and repaired. Engines and Boilers of any make thor oughly repaired. Shafting, Pulleys, Boxes and Hangers, Hancock Inspirators, also, old ones made as good as new. Steam, Gas and Water Pipe and Fittings and Brass Goods. The Largest Stock South of Baltimore. IRON and BRASS CASTINGS. Repairs promptly attended to. Estimates fur nished. Correspondence solicited. Schofield’s Iron Works, MACON. GEORGIA. HORNE & PHILLIPS, HABERDASHERS. ♦AND HATTERS.* StylishSpringSTats JUST RECEIVED. Agents for Red 0 rapon ! 115 Second St., Triangular Block. I I » II (Sec. F. Wing, Job —And Dealer in— BUTTER CUPS, etc., 64 Cherry St., - Macon, Ga. 111 I I Pure and Meflicines, COMBS and BRUSHES, toilet PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., Call at the Old Wooden Drug Store,! LW. HUNT AGO. Tfee NEW YOBK Lite Insurance Company, HAS JUST RECEIVED An Ideal Life Insurance Contract. o Before Insuring, don't fail to in vestigate this Policy. It affords the greatest number of advantages, combined with absolute security. Wm. V. HARPER, Supl. Southern Depart will. HEADQUARTERS FOR Fine Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, ; AND HATS, . CHAS.HIM. CLOTHING AND SHIRTS MADE TO MEASURE. Cherry St., Macon. G-a. J. H. HERTZ, , o MEN’S FURNISHER. O FIRST-CLASS GOODS, and LOWEST PRICES. Cor. Cherry Second Streets. JjEeJ. Fashionable Bailors. Robby ?u.ts, at - $28.00.. Handsome Pants, at SB.OO. Perfect Fit from Good Material. The Cheapest Clothes to Order, in the South I 90 Mulberry Street, i MACON, - - - GEORGIA. 7